The Editor writes …

It’s 48 pages again this month. Again I have to apologise that this is a few days late. It has been a complicated issue to put together, and I’ve had a mix of health, dental and software problems. The January issue will be late with the Christmas and New Year holidays at our printer.

The front cover shows a part of the Poppy Cascade project, in close up, from the back of the netting, with a report on the project on pages 28-29, and more photos on the centre page spread (24-25). The reporting from Launton School (14-15) tells of Year 6 taking part in Remembrance.

There is an update on the buses (12) and the full timetables for the new service on pages 16 and 17. Page 31 has the opening hours for the Costcutter shop over the holiday period - they’re open every day. And there is more on Christmas activities and events, from the Community Choir Carol service (page 36 and the back cover), an appeal to Light Up Launton over Christmas (39), a Christmas message from the vicar, Sarah Mortimer (19), and a seasonal poem from Andy Nutt (23). The Village Players will be carol singing round Launton, see page 10.

John Stephens recalls taking part in the Victory Lord Mayor’s Show in London in 1945 (26) and on page 2 Ella Rayner’s photos record the day November snow came to Launton.

There are reports from village organisations: The WI (20 and 26), The Plotters (40), FoLPH (37-38), the Over 60’s (22), the Historical Society (34-35), and a report from our CDC Councillors on page 18.

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Robert Cornford